This article first appeared on Sheknows as: Step away from the selfie stick and call a travel photographer I love the philosophical question: “If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears, did it really fall?” I believe in 2016 the new question is “If you go on a trip and do not take any … Continued
If you’re thinking about a trip to the Big Easy, you’ll need a place to stay! Be close to the action but comfortably at home in these fine New Orleans Starwood hotels. Le Meridien Hotel New Orleans Just steps away from New Orleans’ French Quarter is the all new Le Meridien; this hotel underwent a $29 million … Continued
Have a few days to spare in New Orleans? You’ll want to make the most of them, especially with a Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express! Here’s what you can do: Dance at Coyote Ugly Don’t miss your chance to visit this iconic locale with bartop dancing and great music. You can get … Continued
March News: Wishing you PROGRESS in March! What do you wish to create in 2016? This year my focus is to build We Said Go Travel especially the videos! In March, I went on four trips and I was fortunate to visit amazing friends and explore new and old places. I visited Cupertino, California for the first time and loved the Juniper Hotel … Continued
Do you want to travel more and get paid in points towards more trips? You do not need magic to make this dream come true just sign up for the Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express. Until March 30, 2016, SPG Amex is offering a sign-up bonus of 35,000 Starpoints after you use … Continued
People from the southern United States have a by-the-numbers routine for topics of conversation. The first topic is always your name. The second is the weather. In no place else and at no other time is weather more important than in the South in the Summer. In New Orleans as the summer ripens, the weather … Continued
The further south one travels in the US, the less relevant and more fluid time becomes, as though the Mason-Dixon Line were some boundary not of cartography, but relativistic physics. Reasonable standards of time are casually tossed out the window like so much warmed sweet tea; phrases like “a little while” encompass not minutes, but … Continued
“We’re going a bit too much to the left, hon’,” says Mrs. Hollis. Her wheelchair creaks as it bumps along over the cobblestone. I tighten my grip – it’s an empty effort to ensure that she doesn’t fall out and roll the rest of the way down the hill, right into the Mississippi River about … Continued
New Orleans is known for Mardi Gras, Jazz music and the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina, but to me it means a whole lot more. I visited the city in 2009 and I fell in love instantly. I had always felt out of place my entire life, as if I didn’t really belong anywhere and … Continued
It’s early June and I am sitting pretty in my economy class seat, trying to hold back a grin. As my United Airlines flight descends towards New Orleans, I see the familiar brown, flat surface of Lake Ponchartrain. This is the same lake whose waters swallowed so many of the city’s neighbourhoods in 2005 during … Continued